
"Director, you don't look good. You sick?" Jessica asked, while putting a stack of documents on Chae Eun's desk.
"No."
Jessica reached out her hand, touching Chae Eun's forehead to check her body temperature. "Oh, you're so hot! Yes! Let's go to the hospital."
Chae Eun brushes Jessica's hand. "No need."
Jessica frowned, "what's unnecessary, huh? Getup! I'll take you to the hospital." Jessica grabbed Chae Eun's hand, about to pull it when Chae Eun quickly pulled her hand first.
"I told you there was no need. You just do your job!" Chae Eun snapped, making Jessica dumbfounded. Same with Chae Eun. This was the first time Chae Eun had ever yelled at him. Usually in front of Jessica, Chae Eun will only joke a lot, or be a obedient puppy.
"E-ehh.., I.e., Chun Bong, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you.., I..," Chae Eun stopped talking. He pinched his little forehead. The sister-in-law's statement about her being just an affair child made Chae Eun moody.
"You always look moody every time you go to your parents' house, but you're never upset. However, now...., is this possible because of the news about Jin Ji?" Ask Jessica carefully. Jessica did know that yesterday was the anniversary of her parents' wedding, so Chae Eun must have visited her extended family's residence. Jessica is used to Chae Eun's depression every time she visits there. However, frustration? Must be caused by something else. That's what Jessica thought.
Chae Eun frowned. "News about Jin Ji?"
Jessica let out a long sigh, "haahhh~ I had indeed expected that you would definitely experience a change like this when you told me about your feelings for her," she muttered.
"Hey, Jessica. What's wrong with Jin Ji?" Ask Chae Eun. If there was something about Jin Ji, then it should have been mister Uhm who was preaching to him, considering that he ordered the middle-aged man to keep an eye on Jin Ji.
"This morning the media shared photos of Jin Ji's bullying against his senior actor, Haejun," Jessica said. He brought his face closer to Chae Eun's ear, and whispered, "there's even a photo where your husband made Haejun kneel before her."
"No way! Mr. Uhm didn't tell me anything about this."
"Mr Uhm? What does that have to do with Mr. Uhm..," Jessica shut up for a moment. Then he looked surprised, "maybe you hired mister Uhm just to keep an eye on Jin Ji?!"
Chae Eun moved out of her place. "Cancel my schedule today. I have to go somewhere."
Chae Eun leaves her office in a fit of annoyance, and calls Uhm.
"Hey, what's your job? Why would Jin Ji get involved in this kind of bullying news?!" His impact after Mr. Uhm received his call.
"Yesterday the lady asked me to find information about the lady's family, remember?"
Chae Eun's steps stopped. Right, yesterday, Honghwa's speech made me very curious, and finally asked Mr. Uhm to investigate. Aishhh I forgot.
"Now how's Jin Ji doing?"
"I haven't seen him. Due to the news that was airing this morning, Jin Ji's agency company was assaulted by Haejun's fans."
"What?!"
"The situation is very chaotic here. I hope Jin Ji isn't here. I'll look for him somewhere else he frequents."
Chae Eun's heart was pounding, no! he must be there.
Flashbacks
This morning.
Chae Eun awakens from her sleep feeling so deep after so many years she can barely sleep well.
Chae Eun recalled the reason, right, that night I slept in Jin Ji's arms. Her body was very warm, and fragrant.., I.., Chae Eun chuckled as she remembered it, even her face turned red.
"Jeez, Chae Eun, you must really like the actor." Chae Eun shook her head. He got out of his bed. The clock has already shown at 7, which means he has to go to the office immediately.
Finished tidying up, Chae Eun prepares to leave for work. However, his steps came to a halt as he looked at the bowl of bean sprout soup, and the omelet on the living room table.
"Oh, is breakfast for me?" Chae Eun approached her breakfast, and read the note attached to the lid of her rice bowl.
You slept so well, that my hands were cramping. If only today I hadn't been to the office for the project meeting, I would have already made the calculations with you!
Chae Eun smiled sweetly, "she made this for me. Ahhhh. Even left a love note."
Flashback off
"Hey, Hyujin. Can I hug you?"
Jin Ji's face flushed red whenever he remembered Chae Eun's words last night.
"Jeez Ji Hyujin! Be aware!" Jin Ji woke himself up.
"JIN! GENIE!"
The shouting of Seok Woo made Jin Ji aghast in shock. "God! You're shocking me!"
"Jin-ah, snob. Outside of hhhh. Outside, a lot of hhh, a lot of Haejun fans hhhh." Seok Woo gasped for breath after running to get to Jin Ji.
"Then?"
Seok Woo frowned. "You haven't seen the Pamm news this morning?"
"Sister, since when did I watch the news?"
Seok Woo let out a long breath. He thrust his tablet at Jin Ji. Jin Ji was about to receive the tablet when he got the incoming call on his phone.
Jin Ji's eyes rounded when he found the name listed as an incoming call. "Sister, I have to pick up this phone. It's important."
"But, Jin...,"
Jin Ji had already left before Seok Woo finished his words.
"Father-in-law, how are you?" Jin Ji asked the caller who was Chae Eun's father.
"I'm fine. How's yours?"
"I'm fine too. Father-in-law, was there anything until you called me?" Ask Jin Ji carefully. This was the first time her father-in-law contacted her. Although Jin Ji was often contacted by his mother-in-law.
"Are you busy today? I have something to talk to you about."
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Jin Ji was about to head to his car parked in the baseman when a crowd of people ran up to him.
"WHAT A GUESS!!! THAT BASTARD IS INDEED GOING TO ESCAPE THROUGH HERE!!!"
"CATCH SI******** THAT'S."
Jin Ji was surprised. "What the fuck?" He was lightning-fast, got into his car, and locked himself in there. He couldn't drive the car because a group of people surrounded his car.
"GET OUT, YOU FUCKING SELF-DISCERNIBLE PERSON!!"
"HAEJUN OPPA HAS KINDLY GIVEN YOU THE PROJECT, HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO HIM!!"
"YOU CAN BE FAMOUS FOR THE DRAMA HAEJUN OPPA GAVE YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!"
Jin Ji was nervous to see those angry people. "I-this is what's really going on? Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Jin Ji shook violently as the raging group of women shook his car, even pelting Jin Ji's car with trash, and rocks.
"Basic killer! You deserve to die!!"
Jin Ji curled up in fear as his past memories flashed through his head.
"B-not me.., mom-not me. I-I don't know anything. N-no. Mom, help me."
"Based on the devil, how can you still walk with that innocent face, huh?", "don't act innocent! You are a demon!", "*****just*you, you devil!"
"Not me.., not me." Jin Ji's mind was filled only with his dark past, he could neither hear nor notice the circumstances around him.
Tok
Tok
Tok
"Hey, Ji Hyujin, sorry I'm late."
That sound?
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Chae Eun drives her car at a speed above the maximum allowed limit. Her feelings were worried whenever she remembered that Jin Ji's agency office was mobbed by Haejun fans.
"Fucking haejun! I'll make the calculations with you!"
Chae Eun originally parked her car in front of the Starscript Intertaiment building. Unlike what Mr. Uhm said, apparently in front of the Starscript building, no one was protesting.
"Has the company contacted the police to disperse Haejun's fans?" Thought Chae Eun. He wants to be grateful. However, seeing Seok Woo running around anxiously towards the baseman, made Chae Eun feel nervous. The woman ran towards the baseman, and found a crowd of people swarming over something.
"That's..., Jin Ji?"
Chae Eun ran towards the crowd. Want to break through that crowd. But he can't.
"HAEJUN OPPA HAS KINDLY GIVEN YOU THE PROJECT, HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO HIM!!"
"YOU CAN BE FAMOUS FOR THE DRAMA HAEJUN OPPA GAVE YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH!!"
The shouting of those people made Chae Eun upset.
"Yeah!!! Who the hell do you guys dare say that, huh? Haejun, your bastard oppa never did anything to Jin Ji, he.., akhhhh." Chae Eun squealed as she was pushed from the crowd. His voice was not heard, and no one cared, nor noticed.
"Are you okay, Miss Chae?" Asked Seok Woo who also could not break through the crowd.
"I'm fine, but Jin Ji...,"
Seok Woo helps Chae Eun stand up. "I think we can just wait for the police to come. Hopefully the car is strong enough to withstand all those throws," Seok Woo said with an anxious face.
"No! We can't wait for the police. Jin Ji should not be alone in this kind of situation, he would be hurt like that time. Can't!" Risau Chae Eun's. He ran here and there looking for a way. Until finally he found a large water hose that is usually used to extinguish the fire manually when the fire sensor does not work.
Chae Eun pulls the hose, and turns it on. The water hose was giving off a huge amount of water, until all the crowd was pushed.
"Aahhhhhhhhh what the hell is this. Stop that." They all shouted the same thing. However, Chae Eun did not heed it, she continued to spray the crowd as if they were pests.
"Ahhhh~" they ran away from the crowd one by one, until Chae Eun finally helped Jin Ji.
Dorr
Dorr
Dorr
"Jin Ji-ah, this is me opening the door!" Chae Eun shouted while pounding on Jin Ji's car window. However, Jin Ji did not immediately open it. The dark window made Chae Eun unable to see Jin Ji, and it made her worry, so she stopped banging on her car window for a second.
"Jin-ah, open up, it's me, Seok Woo." Seok Woo helped.
"Jin Ji, please, open the door. Hey, Ji Hyujin, it's me, I'm sorry for being late."
Slowly the door opened, and Jin Ji immediately scattered himself into Chae Eun's embrace.
"Not me.., not me. Please believe me."
Chae Eun hugged Jin Ji tightly. "Yes, of course I trust you. You're the one I'll always trust, Ji Hyujin."
"If you believe, then you'll be right next to me. Mommy?" Jin Ji sobbed, and it made Chae Eun's heart slice.
"I, I would never even think of leaving you. I love you so much, Hyujin."
Seeing that, Seok Woo could only be anxious as well as astonished. He was anxious because it seemed like Jin Ji was in such a deep shock that he was stirring, and was astonished to see Chae Eun's gentle mannerisms towards Jin Ji.
Aren't they just marrying contracts? But Miss Chae's attitude.
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"This photo, I think my guess at the time was right," Seok Woo said, showing a photo of Haejun kneeling before Jin Ji.
"What do you mean?" Ask Chae Eun. They are currently in the house that Chae Eun and Jin Ji occupy.
"It was then that Haejun suddenly came, and knelt down to apologize to Jin Ji about the problem that happened during the shooting. I already felt like he was going to plan something, and it looks like this. She is very good at taking corners that make her feel like she is in Jin Ji's hood. Goddamnit!" Seok Woo. This morning the media reported that Jin Ji veiled Haejun along with the evidence of photographs that did look like Jin Ji was veiling Haejun. In fact, not so. It was just about the angle of the photo taking that caused the people who saw it to assume badly.
Chae Eun clenched her hands, you celebrity lackey! Not know yourself. Look, I'll take away everything you don't deserve!
"You take care of Jin Ji, if anything happens just call doctor Ahn, okay?" Tukas Chae Eun's. He wants to get out of his place. But his head suddenly hurt. "Akh."
"Miss Chae, are you okay? It doesn't seem like you're feeling well" said Seok Woo, worried.
"It's okay." Chae Eun gets out of place, she holds back the pain in her head, and is about to leave when Seok Woo holds her back.
"Wait a minute, Miss Chae. May I ask?"
"What?"
"That..., is it possible that Miss Chae put feelings on Jin Ji?"
"Why ask?"
Seok Woo let out a long breath. "Jin-ah has been in a lot of pain, and has been through a lot of hard times. So I want to make sure that he will never get hurt again, so even though I am grateful for your caring attitude towards Jin Ji, but I beg you, your relationship is only a contract, so please don't make him wish for more than just getting this house. Please, "pinta Seok Woo, while bowing his body thirty degrees as a form of sincerity.
Chae Eun sneered. "Curried? Contract relationship? Getting home? Did Jin Ji tell you? She said that?"
"That's...,"
"Forget over! I don't care what you say but, you should know, that you know nothing more about Jin Ji than I do. You are! Your concern for him is also nothing more than my concern for him. And you! Your desire to protect her is no greater than my desire to protect her. So don't pretend like you're gonna be a hero in his life! And don't teach me, got it?" Tukas Chae Eun before she left leaves Seok Woo who is now jolted with her words.
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"Yes, miss?"
"Make sure the news goes on air tomorrow. And make sure he's really gonna crumble after the news."